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Cercle des Philadelphes

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Cercle des Philadelphes (Saint-Domingue).

Cercle des Philadelphes was an academic scientific society in Saint-Domingue. It was founded in 1784 and ceased to function in 1791. It has been counted as the most prominent academic society in the Americas prior to the French Revolution.

One of its founding members was Médéric Louis Élie Moreau de Saint-Méry.

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